Kevin Stroud Talks the History of English
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The word law is not an English word, at least not originally. It actually comes from the Vikings. And even a word like legal is not a native English word. It comes from Latin and French. So generally, for our August nerd specials, we don't talk about the law. But I thought it would be kind of fun to do a little bit of linguistic law, English history. Maybe we should start in the middle ages with the dooms.
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